Woori 2022
The Woori festival is an opportunity to showcase intergenerational indigenous knowledge and interventions that have occurred within the fields of weaving and pottery.
The Festival
In 2019, a mysterious flu-like disease broke out in Wuhan, China. A few months later, the World Health Organisation declared the disease a pandemic. This event would change the way we interact with one another. How do we encounter one another in a time like this? How do we co-produce?
To encounter, from the 13th century old French encontrer, means to ‘meet, come across, confront, fight, or oppose’. From the 12th century, encontre means ‘a meeting, a fight, or an opportunity.’ The etymology from the French language implies physicality. How do we conceive encounters in a lockdown and social distancing-stricken pandemic world?
Digital platforms have become one of the ways that we have encountered one another. Last year, Nubuke Foundation and Assemble UK (with support from the British Council) initiated a digital collaboration between weavers in the Upper West region and contemporary designers. The resultant fabrics are showing in the main exhibition of the festival.
Overview
2022 Artists
Following the tradition of festivals in Ghana as sites for commemoration, celebration, and community strengthening and development, Nubuke Foundation conceptualised the WOORI festival.
It is an opportunity to showcase intergenerational indigenous knowledge and interventions within the fields of weaving and pottery and to invite conversations, contributions, and interactions deliberately.
Doing this will lead to increased understanding and transformation of textile weaving and clay moulding tradition in the Upper West region of Ghana.
It is an opportunity to showcase intergenerational indigenous knowledge and interventions within the fields of weaving and pottery and to invite conversations, contributions, and interactions deliberately.
Doing this will lead to increased understanding and transformation of textile weaving and clay moulding tradition in the Upper West region of Ghana.